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DANIEL C.

SMITH, `OF TECUMSEH,

MICHIGAN.

LOCK AND CLASP FOR PORTE-MONNAIES.

Specification of LettersiPatent No. 17,057, dated April 14, 1857.

accompanying drawings and to the letters` of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the mode of construct-ing the lock and clasp i of a porte-monnaie whereby is gained Iirst a lock for the same,V and second a means of firmly attaching the porte-monnaie while locked to a given object whether the clothing in the pocket or under clothing at the owners option.

Figure l, in the accompanying drawings represents a side view of a porte-monnaie locked and attached to the object E; Fig. 2 represents a porte-monnaie, unlocked, open, and the lock raised.

At the letter a is shown a pointed pin which is iirmly fastened to the lock which is marked B.

The part marked C represents an interior spring fastened to the clasp D with a small rivet at the end of such spring that passes through a hole in t-he clasp, and also through a hole in the lock at the numeral 2, by the act of locking the portemonnaie.

At F in Fig. l is represented a thumb piece by which the spring C is depressed and the porte-monnaie unlocked and also detached from the object E.

hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the several parts of the lock and clasp of a porte-monnaie as above described for the purposes above described.

DANIEL C. SMITH,

lVitnesses:

E. B. Woon, C. A. STAGY. 

